 The affirmation in Luke 2:7: that Jesus was the first-born of Mary strongly suggests that

she had other children after Jesus: “And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and
wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room
for them in the inn.”
 The statement in Matthew 1:18 that Mary was with child before she and Joseph came
together strongly hints at the idea that they came together after marriage: “Now the
birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.”
 Matthew 1:24-25 explicitly states: “Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the
angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, 25 and did not know her till
she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS.”
 Psalm 69:8 seems to indicate that Jesus was only one of Mary’s children. Several verses
in this Psalm clearly indicate that the Messiah was in view: “Zeal for your house has
eaten me up” (verse 9) “gall for food and vinegar to drink” (verse 21) “I have become a
stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's children.”Mary was conceived
without original sin.

What the Fathers said about Mary

In his book Liguori gathers a mass of information that has been handed down by previous
generations about Mary. I summarize the Roman Catholic ‘wisdom’ that has been handed down
from generation to generation according to Liguori:

 Mary was the mother of God

 Mary was taken bodily to heaven

Roman Catholic theologian, Karl Keating, states: “Still, Fundamentalists ask, where is the proof
from Scripture? Strictly, there is none. It was the Catholic Church that was commissioned by
Christ to teach all nations and to teach them infallibly. The mere fact that the Church teaches
the doctrine of the Assumption as something definitely true is a guarantee that it is true.” Karl
Keating, Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on ‘Romanism’ by ‘Bible Christians’, p.
275.
 The world was created by God and Mary
 She was born immaculate and holy
 She never sinned
 She is the incarnation of the Holy Spirit
 She is full of grace and can dispense it to human beings at will
 She is a priest
 She is our advocate or mediatrix

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